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Williams was also helpful, loved to create artwork , had a “heart for French,” and was a promising athlete, they wrote.

“He was a very charismatic actor,” they added. “He always showed he had a heart. His heart was always in the right place.”

The school’s flags are flying at half mast and a memorial table has been set up where anyone can write a message of remembrance or condolence, said principal Kristin Bergen in a letter posted on the school website.

“Our hearts go out to Kesean’s friends and loved ones,” Bergen wrote.

Grief counselors are at the school providing support for students and staff, according to Peel District School Board acting communications manager Carla Pereira.

“It certainly is a very sad day at Sir Winston Churchill,” Pereira said. “The loss of a child is always deeply felt by every member of the school community.”

Williams succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Thursday morning after being struck by a bullet at around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Immediate family members were in Williams’ home when he was shot, Const. George Tudos of the Peel Regional Police confirmed Thursday morning.

A taxi was in the area shortly after the shooting and the people inside the taxi were taken for questioning, Tudos confirmed.

No one else was shot in the incident and it’s possible the shooter was targeting someone else, Tudos said. More information will be released as it becomes available, he added.

Meanwhile the community and Williams’ classmates continue to recover from the tragedy.

“Kesean, we pray you are happy in heaven playing your favourite video games and looking down at the world and watching us,” students and teachers wrote in the poem.